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MARK OF WILLIAM DARKER, LONDON, 1729
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER TANKARDS
MARK OF WILLIAM DARKER, LONDON, 1729
Each plain baluster shaped, on spreading foot, the body applied with a moulded rib, double scroll handle, scroll thumbpiece, and hinged domed cover, the body engraved with a widow's lozenge-of-arms, in brickwork cartouche and with inscription, marked underneath and on covers
7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.) high
53 oz. 15 dwt. (1,672gr.)
The arms are the assumed arms of Fysh, probably for Katherine Fysh (b.c.1665-1730) of Ripon, co. York, whose memorial stone was recorded in the south transept of Ripon Catherdral in T. Wilson, A Verbatim Copy of all the Monuments, Gravestones, and other Sepulchral Memorials in Ripon Cathedral and its Burial Ground, Ripon, 1847, p. 14. She was the widow of Gregory Fysh (b.c.1651-1698), of Little Thorpe. In the same publication the graves of the children of Gregory Rhodes of Ripon are cited, op. cit., p. 25.
The inscriptions read 'The gift of Mrs Katherine Fysh to Eleanr Rhodes' and 'The gift of Mrs Katherine Fysh to Greg.y Rhodes'.
MARK OF WILLIAM DARKER, LONDON, 1729
Each plain baluster shaped, on spreading foot, the body applied with a moulded rib, double scroll handle, scroll thumbpiece, and hinged domed cover, the body engraved with a widow's lozenge-of-arms, in brickwork cartouche and with inscription, marked underneath and on covers
7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.) high
53 oz. 15 dwt. (1,672gr.)
The arms are the assumed arms of Fysh, probably for Katherine Fysh (b.c.1665-1730) of Ripon, co. York, whose memorial stone was recorded in the south transept of Ripon Catherdral in T. Wilson, A Verbatim Copy of all the Monuments, Gravestones, and other Sepulchral Memorials in Ripon Cathedral and its Burial Ground, Ripon, 1847, p. 14. She was the widow of Gregory Fysh (b.c.1651-1698), of Little Thorpe. In the same publication the graves of the children of Gregory Rhodes of Ripon are cited, op. cit., p. 25.
The inscriptions read 'The gift of Mrs Katherine Fysh to Eleanr Rhodes' and 'The gift of Mrs Katherine Fysh to Greg.y Rhodes'.
Provenance
The Trustees of the Late Brigadier C. E. Tryon-Wilson C.B.E., D.S.O., D.L., removed from Dallam Tower, Cumbria; Sotheby's, Olympia, London, 24 July 2002, lot 324.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Brought to you by
Harry Williams-Bulkeley
International Head of Silver Department